Education: Bigger & Bigger

Enrollment in public schools hit a record 24,209,796 this fall, the
National Education Association reported. War babies have swollen the
schools by half a million.

Enrollment in the nation's 1,753 colleges and universities jumped to an
all-time top of 2,338,226, the Office of Education reported.

For the first time since the war, veterans are less than a majority
(48%). The Office of Education's Big Five: New York University
(46,000*), University of California (43,000), Columbia University
(31,000), University of Minnesota (28,000), University of Illinois
(26,000).